Necktie-fastener.



w; c. BOIT III o. P. CLEMENS.

NECKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APII.3. 1915.

sirenas rar-agrar ernten.

WA1'.'.l.E'.R. C. BOTT AND OLIVER Y. CLEMENS, ,0F WALLA iwALLA, RTASHINGTN.

NECKTIE-FASTENER.

Application led April 3, 1915. I Serial'rNoll-WO Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of

which the following is a specification.

fastenersand more particularly to that class thereunder known as tie fasteners.

InV carrying out the` invention, itis our object to provide a device of this character which may be conveniently and readily attached or removed from the collar previous to'the untying of the-necktie.

^ lA further object ofthe invention is the provision of a device o f the above stated character wherein the fastener may be worn on the upper edge of the overlapping front ends of the collar with the hook portion thereof disposed and retained in a vertical upright position at all times, whereby the said hook will be held against movement upon the grasping of the latter for the purpose of removing or attaching the fastener to said collar..

A. still further object of the invention is the provision of a tie fastener whereby the hook portion of the fastener is so connected with the disk portion thereof to prevent any bulk or bulging portion of the collar at the point to which the fastener is attached.

The invention consists of certain novel details lof construction, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be now described and pointed out in the appended claim.'

In the 'accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a colla-r illustrating our improved fastener connect: ed thereto and detached from the tie. Fig. 2 is a vdetail perspective view of the fastener detached from the collar. Fig. 3 is aldetail vertical section view taken through the front portionsof the collar illustrating the manner of attachment of the fastener with such collar. Fig. 4 i s- .a detailA vertical section similar to Fig'. llhistratin the fastener engaged with the scarf or nec :tie for active use.

Referring morel particularly to the vari- `ous figuresof the drawing, A denotes the collar Specification of Letters Patent.

clasp to the latter. -The said -ther bent upwardly and at right angles to Patented Nov. 3Q, 1915.

that type to permit the latter to be readilyl applied to or removed from' the overlapping front ends'of said collar as the voccasion may demand.- Thefastener in this particular instance includes afthin flat disk 6 which may be made of? fiber," Celluloid, pearl or other non-corrosible material, to prevent the marg ring of the -collar or the neck ofthe wearer This invention relates to improvements 1n during the use of the fastener. Said disk is formed'with a central opening 7 and grooved ploy a clasp 9. The clasp shown is formed from aA single strand of flexible material composed of metal, wire, and the like of a non-corrosible nature and is bent at one end as at 10 to form an attaching portion. The said portion 10 protrudes through the central aperture 7 of the disk 5 and is terminally bent in engagement vwith the opposite face of. said disk for loosely connecting the clasp 9 is furits attaching portion 10, to provide a rigid limb 11, the latter terminating above the marginal edge of the disk and thence bent -forwardly as at 12, and then downwardly and in spaced relation to the rigid limb v1l,

C to provide a yieldable limb 13. The limbs 11 and 13 and the forwardly bent portion l2 forms an inverted U-shaped 4collar engagin portion 14, said portion .14 is adapted pre erably to straddle the upper edge of the outer. overlapped front end 15 of the collar, as shown, the fastener from engaging the neck of the wearer when being worn, but of course it is understood that the said collar engaging portion may straddle the upper edges of both of the overlaV collar and by so doing will retain the collar in closed position and'present a neat ap# whereby preventing the disk of pped front ends of said pearance of the collar on the neck of the wearer. It will be'observed that the' limb 1 3 of the U-shaped collar is' of a length substantially fequaling thc length of the limb 11 thereof and is curved upwardly in spaced relation thereto-as at 15 to form an upstanding tie penetrating hook 16. The groove 8 of the disk 6 is of a depth and width slightly greater than the diameter of the limb 11, whereby the said limb will be snugly seated therein to prevent the engaging portion fastener'from creating a bulk or bulging effect to the front of the collar When the same is in active position. rl`he seat of the limb 11 in the groove 8 also retains'tlie clasp in a vertical upright position and presents the tie hook for active engagement with the tie B at all times and further prevents any accidental rotation of the clasp when grasping the limbs thereof .lo remove or attach the fastener to the collar.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

While We have described the principles of operation of the device together with the device which .We now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be Copies o! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.'v

gagement with the upper edge of a collar comprising a Hat disk and a U-shaped claspv loosely connected with said disk, said clasp being bent to provide a collar engaging por-y tion and a tie engaging portion, said disk being formed With a groove extending'from lts verticalcenter for receiving the innermost limb of the U-shaped clasp for preventing any accidental movement thereof lwith respect to said disk.

In testimony whereof We affix our' 'signaf tures in presence of tivo Witnesses.

A WALTER o. BoTT.'

Witnesses:

F. A. COLT, Roi R. ZELL.

Washington, D. GJ

OLIVER IP.v GLEMENS. 

